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Show liiuiiil To Get U. S. Non-Voters to the Polls WASIIINGTON. Arousing every ev-ery citizen of the country to cast hU ballot at the polls at every election, Impressing- votei with the value of good dtl-aenshlp, dtl-aenshlp, and ultimately the establishment establish-ment of a college of political science In the national capital, ure among the Turposee of the Nationul Association of Federal Cluba, with heudquurter In Washington. The association la really a nucleus for a large number of local cluba to be formed In the cities of the country, one to each city. Four have already been organized, and are now on a working basis, In Itnltlmore, Boston, Philadelphia and New York. Another la being formed In Indiana, and Ita organization Is about completed, Steadily decreasing Interest In voting vot-ing has been manifested since the Presidential election of 1800, when 78 per cent of the citizens eligible to vote cast their ballots, according to figures compiled by the association. President Presi-dent Coolldge received 20.8 per cent of the eligible vote. It Is to overcome this apnthy on the part of voters that the association has been formed. To this end the application ap-plication form of the association culls attention to the fact that there Is a growing tendency among the citizens of the country "to neglect the responsibilities respon-sibilities of citizenship" and "thut such negligence constitutes a menace to our nation und hinders Ita progress aa a true republic." To bring about the (mining of qualified quali-fied lenders In the science of government govern-ment Is another one of the objectives of the association. This Is found necessary, nec-essary, In the belief of those sponsoring sponsor-ing the association, because the administration ad-ministration of government, federal, state and municipal, Is dully becoming more complicated, "and has now reached a point where etllclent operation opera-tion of all government Is Impaired through the lack of qualified lenders." This training of leaders can best be hrjught about, they say, by the later establishment of a "United States college col-lege of political science, to the end thnt citizens of the United States may be educated In the science of transacting transact-ing government business." "NoriBocturlan"' und "nonpartisan" are the adjectives used by the founders found-ers of the association In describing It, and It Is "dedlcuted to the education of citizens In the science of operating governments." Uncle Sam Lists "DoiVts" for Parents , I KN "don'ts" for parents are I given by Dr. D. A. Thorn of Bos- A ton In the latest bulletin of the children's bureau of the United State Department of Labor. "Child Management" it the title. Doctor Thorn. Is director of the Boston habit clinic for children and of the Massachusetts Massa-chusetts ttate division of mental hy-flene. hy-flene. The bulletin Is Intended to bring to parentt In concrete and practical prac-tical form the results of modern research re-search In the mentnl hygiene of childhood. child-hood. His advice to parents could be summarized as follows : Don't be oversollcltous. Children may become self-centered and develop Imaginary complaints simply because Illness It looked for. Don't "baby" your children too much. The child who Is closely tied to his mother's apron strings Is deprived de-prived of the chance of learning how - lo live with his neighbors. Don't try to give your children everything ev-erything they happen to demand. Very early In life the child must learn that things cannot be his simply because he desires them. Don't bribe. So oflen we hear, "Now, Johnny, be a good boy and mother will give you a penny." Swn 'Johnny will no longer be satisfied with one penny and must have two or three, or perhaps a nickel or a dime. Don't cheat. Frequently parents will misrepresent or He to keep u child quiet or gain a desired result. Suddenly Sud-denly they awaken to the fact that their child has no regard for the truth and wonder why. Don't muke meaningless threats. "Be good or the doctor will cut your tongue out," or "Be quiet or I'll lick yon," may do one of two undeslruble things: control the child through terror, ter-ror, which Is disastrous, or breed contempt con-tempt for parents whose threats are never fulfilled. Don't tnlk about or Inugh at children chil-dren In their presence. Self-consciousness Is harmful and quickly developed. Don't be cold and repelling. A pur-ent pur-ent who Is too busy to bother with a little child's nonsense will never be bothered by his real problems. Don't be discourteous. Children hnve their own pluns, which are frequently fre-quently utterly disregarded by adults. If you must Interfere, show consideration. considera-tion. Don't disagree over discipline before the child. Settle differences In private, Diplomatic Landmarks Are Disappearing THE diplomatic landmarks of old Washington are passing, lte-cent lte-cent events serve to emphasize the changes In the diplomatic quarter of our national capital. Following closely upon the departure depar-ture of Jules J. Jcsserund, ambassador from France for twenty-two years a landmark all In himself came the announcement an-nouncement that the old British embassy em-bassy on lower Connecticut avenue was being abandoned for a more modern mod-ern . and fashionable location. The great Victorian building which has housed the British embassy so many years Is to be converted for business purposes. Among the great figures In the life of the British commonwealth who lived there was Sir Lionel Sack-vllle-West, who was dismissed for meddling In American politics during Cleveland's time. The new embassy wJH be located near the Naval observatory. observ-atory. The building that was the Austro-Hnngnrlan Austro-Hnngnrlan embassy In the old days, and which proudly floated three flags from Its flagstuffs, has been remodeled as a business house, and Is used as a cleaning and dyeing shop. The former Mexican embassy In the heart of the uptown business section now Is a reul estute office, while the embassy occupies a pnluce In embassy row on upper Sixteenth street. The Italian embassy soon Is to move into a million-dollar palace across the way. The Russian embassy has (.food closed and boarded up for several years. Built by Mrs, George M. Pullman Pull-man of Chicago as her home, she sold It to John Hays Hammond, mining engineer, en-gineer, who In turn disposed of It to the Russians Just before the collapse of the rznrlst regime. By a strange trick of fate the Spanish and Cuban embassies stand close together and, so far as anybody knows, the Spanish ambassador, Senor Don Junn Itiano, and his Cuban neighbor, Senor Torrl-ente, Torrl-ente, are good friends. A number of new legation buildings which huve brought with them new faces have come since the war by tjte partition of the old European states. Among those are the legations of Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Esthonl.i, Finland, Fin-land, Latvia, Lithuania and the legation lega-tion of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The German embassy still occupies the site It dUl when Count von Bern-storff Bern-storff presided, and his successors have occupied it. The only ambassador still residing downtown Is Japan's representative. He lives In Franklin street In a house built and occupied by John Sherman I when he was secretary of state. President Is to Take a Real Vacation D CUING the coming summer "White Court" at Swampscott, Mass., will be the White House of l'resldent Coolldge. It Is now being put In order for occupancy , In June. Telephone and telegraph trunk lines are being Installed; routes to and from Swampscott for the use of the l'resldent l'resl-dent are being studied by the secret service; reservations have been made for the Presidential stuff and an oftice Is being equipped for their use. Not since 1910, when l'resldent Taft went to Beverly, Mass., for the summer, has New England been the headquarter of a l'resldent for an extended period. It Is the President's Intention to take a real vucutlon at Swampscott. Ills official party will be compara-- compara-- lively small ; there will be an occa-tlonal occa-tlonal personal friend who will visit the President and Mrs. Coolldge, but during the first few weeks the only official callers will be those necessary to the actual conduct of the government's govern-ment's business. The President's personal per-sonal party, on leaving Washington, will probably Include only his son, John Coolldge, who Is completing his Brt year at Amherst. Next door to the President Is the tumn-er I ome of bis Intimate friend, Trunk Mr. Stearua, who will occupy It while the President it nt "White Court." Upon his arrival In Swampscott the President will Immediately prepare his address for the governors' conference at Poland Springs, Maine, late In June and for the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Washington assuming command of the Continental army at Cambridge on July 3. Apart from that the President has no pluns other than to place his chair on the front porch and read a number of books, notably biographies. A number of Washington correspondents correspond-ents will set up headquarters half a mile away and keep In touch with his official acts, but otherwise will not disturb him. This Is the first time President Coolldge Cool-ldge has taken a real vacation In two years. He has worked steadily for long hours each day ever since he entered en-tered the White House. The Presidential yacht, the Mayflower, May-flower, will anchor In Marblehead harbor har-bor and the President w ill take an occasional oc-casional short trip on the water. .Aside from a week's tour of the New Englund coast on the Mayflower and a visit of a week with his father at Plymouth, Vt.. the President hat planned no extended absence from Swampscott during the entire summer. |